Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military, 500--1300.

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"The word samurai suggests the colorful figure of a lightly armored, mounted archer attended by two or three foot soldiers engaging in ritualized one-on-one combat, the aristocratic fighting man of the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333). Although some historians have considered the rise of the samu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farris, William Wayne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Brill Academic Publishers, 2020.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 157.
Temas:
To 1868
Japan > History, Military > To 1868.
Japan > History > To 1333.
Japon > Histoire militaire > Jusqu'à 1868.
Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1333.
Japan
History
Military history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins of weapons, war, and Japan's early military, 500-645
  • Obeying the Imperial Command: The military from 645 to 770
  • War in the northeast and technological remedies, 770-900
  • From external defense to internal peacekeeping, 850-950
  • The "missing link" : The military of the Middle Heian Era, 950-1050
  • Warriors and land, 1050-1150
  • The quest for independence and political skills, 1150-1185
  • Japanese feudalism reconsidered, 1185-1300.
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction (starting p. 1)
  • 1 The Origins of Weapons, War, and Japan's Early Military, 500-645 (starting p. 11)
  • Japan's Earliest Military Technology (starting p. 12)
  • Japan's Earliest Military Organization (starting p. 23)
  • 2 Obeying the Imperial Command: The Military from 645 to 770 (starting p. 33)
  • Forging the New Chinese-Style System (starting p. 34)
  • The Chinese-Style System of 702 (starting p. 47)
  • Horse-Raising in the Eighth Century (starting p. 57)
  • The Revolt of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu and the Provincial Military (starting p. 60)
  • Fujiwara no Nakamaro and Military Power in the Capital (starting p. 69)
  • 3 War in the Northeast and Technological Remedies, 770-900 (starting p. 81)
  • Prelude to the Wars in Northeastern Japan, Origins to 774 (starting p. 82)
  • The Wars in Northeastern Japan, 774-812 (starting p. 90)
  • Character and Effects of the Northeastern Wars (starting p. 97)
  • Pruning the Taiho System (starting p. 104)
  • The Crossbow and Japan's Defense in the Ninth Century (starting p. 113)
  • 4 From External Defense to Internal Peacekeeping, 850-950 (starting p. 120)
  • Growing Domestic Violence and Reforms in the Military System (starting p. 121)
  • The Revolt of Taira no Masakado (starting p. 131)
  • Rebellions East and West (starting p. 142)
  • Masakado, Sumitomo, and the Evolution of the Middle Heian Military System (starting p. 150)
  • 5 The "Missing Link": The Military of the Middle Heian Era, 950-1050 (starting p. 163)
  • The Military System of the Capital, 942-1050 (starting p. 164)
  • The Military System of the Provinces, 942-1050 (starting p. 177)
  • The Rebellion of Taira no Tadatsune and Reform of the System of 900- 1050 (starting p. 192)
  • 6 Warriors and Land, 1050-1150 (starting p. 204)
  • The Late Heian Era: An Overview (starting p. 206)
  • The Late Heian Era: Case Studies (starting p. 215)
  • The Military in the Former Nine Years' War, 1051-1062 (starting p. 223)
  • The Latter Three Years' War: An Illegal Campaign (starting p. 233)
  • Raising an Army in the Late Heian Period: Taira no Tadamori and the Pirates of the Inland Sea (starting p. 241)
  • 7 The Quest for Independence and Political Skills, 1150-1185 (starting p. 252)
  • The Taira's Road to Power and the Capital Military (starting p. 254)
  • The Hogen War of 1156 (starting p. 263)
  • The Disturbances of 1159 (starting p. 270)
  • The Taira and the Late Heian Military System, 1160-1185 (starting p. 273)
  • The Great Civil War of 1180-1185 (starting p. 289)
  • Japan's Military, 1180-1185 (starting p. 297)
  • 8 Japanese Feudalism Reconsidered, 1185-1300 (starting p. 311)
  • The Kamakura Military in Action (starting p. 313)
  • Counting Warriors (starting p. 335)
  • A Warrior's Income (starting p. 343)
  • Conclusions (starting p. 355)
  • Appendix Tables (starting p. 381)
  • 1 Resources used in the Wars in the Northeast: Men (starting p. 383)
  • 2 Resources used in the Wars in the Northeast: Materiel (starting p. 385)
  • 3 Numbers of Strong Fellows (kondei) in Japan, 792-905 (starting p. 388)
  • 4 Taira Military Expeditions, 1177-1180 (starting p. 390)
  • 5 Figures for Armies during the Great Civil War of 1180-1185 (starting p. 392)
  • Notes (starting p. 399)
  • Bibliography (starting p. 443)
  • Glossary (starting p. 465)
  • Index (starting p. 471)

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